The eldest son and second child of Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet (born 1807) and Emily Maria Browne, he succeeded to the baronetcy on 6 September 1851 upon the death of his father. In 1903, he had his name changed under Royal Licence to Henry Aubrey-Fletcher to reflect his inheritance from the Aubrey estate.
Before his service in Parliament, he had been a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards and then after retirement from the Regular Army he had been appointed a supernumerary lieutenant-colonel in the part-time 2nd Sussex Rifle Volunteers on 6 May 1874. He succeeded to the command of the battalion in 1882 and held it until 1897. Then as a colonel he commanded the Sussex & Kent Volunteer Infantry Brigade until 1904.[1] He was Chairman of the National Rifle Association and during the Boer War was a strong advocate that rifle clubs should be formed throughout the country with the aim that every able-bodied man be enabled to be an effective shot.[2]
henry, aubrey, fletcher, baronet, september, 1835, 1910, born, henry, fletcher, member, parliament, united, kingdom, sussex, fletcher, caricatured, leslie, ward, vanity, fair, october, 1898the, eldest, second, child, henry, fletcher, baronet, born, 1807, emily. Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher 4th Baronet CB PC 24 September 1835 19 May 1910 born Henry Fletcher was a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Mid Sussex Fletcher as caricatured by Spy Leslie Ward in Vanity Fair October 1898The eldest son and second child of Sir Henry Fletcher 3rd Baronet born 1807 and Emily Maria Browne he succeeded to the baronetcy on 6 September 1851 upon the death of his father In 1903 he had his name changed under Royal Licence to Henry Aubrey Fletcher to reflect his inheritance from the Aubrey estate Before his service in Parliament he had been a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards and then after retirement from the Regular Army he had been appointed a supernumerary lieutenant colonel in the part time 2nd Sussex Rifle Volunteers on 6 May 1874 He succeeded to the command of the battalion in 1882 and held it until 1897 Then as a colonel he commanded the Sussex amp Kent Volunteer Infantry Brigade until 1904 1 He was Chairman of the National Rifle Association and during the Boer War was a strong advocate that rifle clubs should be formed throughout the country with the aim that every able bodied man be enabled to be an effective shot 2 Fletcher represented the Conservatives in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1880 to 1885 and Lewes from 1885 until his death in 1910 He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1900 and a Privy Counsellor in December 1901 3 Aubrey Fletcher donated 10 in 1905 to the Holy Innocents Church in Southwater 4 He was a significant land owner in the area 5 The town of Worthing conferred upon him the honorary freedom of the borough in October 1901 for services rendered to the town 6 He died without any children and was thus succeeded to the baronetcy by his younger brother Lancelot Aubrey Fletcher who also changed his name Sources edit Army List various dates The National Rifle Association The Times 19 January 1900 p 9 No 27385 The London Gazette 10 December 1901 p 8714 Notes from the Past October Southwater News Retrieved 12 December 2022 Keep Southwater Green 2020 keepsouthwatergreen2020 org uk Retrieved 12 December 2022 Court Circular The Times No 36581 London 9 October 1901 p 7 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Sir Henry Aubrey FletcherParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byJames Clifton Brown Member of Parliament for Horsham1880 1885 Succeeded bySir Walter Barttelot Bt Preceded byWilliam Langham Christie Member of Parliament for Lewes1885 1910 Succeeded byWilliam CampionBaronetage of Great BritainPreceded byHenry Fletcher Baronet of Clea 1851 1910 Succeeded byLancelot Aubrey Fletcher nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1830s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Aubrey Fletcher amp oldid 1173991127, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
